The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-23
GERMAN ELECTIONS.
A MIG sErrENN1sr VICTORY.

BIG sEPTENNIsT VICTORY.
Tho Emperor WIN Very Likely Call n Meet.
Ing of tho Rcischtng Without Waiting
: For tho Result Of tho ne.bnlloting.
Government Sure OF u Majority.
BERLIN, Fob. 22.-From calculations at
noon to-day Prince Bismarck will barely
obtain majority for his septennato bill.
He required forty votes. He has already
won twenty anu the remainder arc almost
certain to be secured from the wagering
centre. fLE% i5 i942A5s' !
It is certain that the Government will
not obtain majority sufficient to adopt
the monopoly bills.
Herr Windthorst has been reelected.
The Progresslontsts are demoralizsd,
They have met with m unexpected de.
feat and have already lost seventeen seats
and havo only gained ono seat. The So.
clalists have lost seven and gained three.
Tho total Socialist vote phows an In.
crease OF 100000. The National Liberala
have gained nearly as many seats as they
have lost. gsl's IL - N : +.
The reeults In Heventy-one election dis.
trlcss are known. In twenty-five OF theue
districts new elections will bs necessary.
In twelve ofthese the contests will be bs.
tween the Socialists and the Septennists.
III tiyo between the New German Liberalg
and Septennists; in two between the Con.
trtsts and Sspteunists; in ona between
the Centrist and Democrat; in ono bo.
tween tho Socialist aud New German Lib
eral, and III one between the New German
Liberal and Conservative. 1'''1-
| The Socialists have carried tho First
and Second Divisions Of Hamburg, aud
Altoona and Nuremberg. They have lost
Olauchau, Brunswick, Chemnitz, Schuo-
berg and Zurzks.
Among the candidatea returned arc four
Centrists, twenty National Liberals, five
Socialists, two Impsrialiste, four Conserva-
tives, one Guelph, one New German Lib.
oral, and twelve Alnatians, including Her
rem, kable and Antoine. The othor cam
didates OF the Proteator Party who were
re.nominated have been reelected. ,HgI
Herr Richter Is the only New German
Liberal yet reelected.
Baron Won Staudenberg, one OF tho
leaders of the Centre, has been elected for
Fuerth. ~ .5..T& ~ UlI1TsGHIsIi
Prot. Gheist, National Liberal, has been
defeated at Jauer by Prof. Hermes, Lib.
eral. .L1 = 1855 ''.7i7
| The Imperial Counselor, Goldechmidt,
Liberal, who stood for Liegnitx, is elected,
The Liberals have lost Sorau (Silesia)
and have won Bunzlau and Altenbure.
At Danzig the ballot. stands between
schrader, Liberal, and Hirchberg, Nation
al Liberal.
DR.. Theodore Barth. Liberal, editor of
the German Liberal Gazette, has scored
brilliant victory. ,.5, gy.I
1..1 INClDENT5 OF The ELECTION. ir.
The Socialists are still out on the streets
in full force, jubilant]y cheering for Sin.
ger, Hazsncleveraud other Socialists when
ever their names appear on the bulletin
boards, while every increase in the Gov
ernment vote is greeted with Kisses and
groans. 21 ~ r@l
A few street tights have tended to en-
liven the scane1 around tho newspaper Of
fees, but the excellent discipline main-
tanned by the police has held in check any
serious outbreaks. Tho whole police force
had bsen called out, but no unlawful pro.
ceedings have so for been reported.
Supplementary elections will be called
by the commissioners OF election about
the beginning Of next week. In all casea
whore the election rests between the
Liberals and National Liberals the former
will undoubtedly he victorious, as the So
cialists, who hold the balance OF power.
will throw their votes to the liberal candi.
date. About fifteen Of these tics have 60
far been reported. ~ g5, ..5 NEE
The Anti.semitics aeem to have lost
ground everywhere, although the election
Of Court Chaplain Stoekor, their leader,
who contested for Siegen, Westphalie, is
almost certain. No anti.Semitic candi-
date has been successful in Berlin.
The results in 1888 districts are known,
The candidates. elected includa II Con-
derivatives, five Imperialsts, forty-three
National Liberals, fourteen Centrists, four
New German Lbarss, six Socialists and
fourteen Poles and Alsatians. t3#
In thirty districts new elections will bs
required. So far 1903 candidates have
been definitely elected, comprising eixty-
six Septenniats and thirty-soven oppo-
nents OF the government. IL
i4 BEpTEENIsr VICTORY.
The National Zeil,ing commenting upon
the elections says: The results as lar as
know give pressaga ct brilliant scpten.
mist victory. Tho results ascertainod this
afternoon include tYenty.six seats won
from the Reichstag majority Of January
IA, while tho National Liberals have
wrested from their opponents twenty
three districts, Of which twelve we're lost
by tho new German Liberals, three by.
tho Centre, five BY the Socialists and three
by Democrats. The now German Liber.
ais have suffered a crushing defeat. ,-
It is reported in official circlea that the
Emperor will summon the Reichatsg to
meet without waiting for the Bupplemen.
tary elections, to. bs held as soon as veri.
fed returns show the election Of a suiIi.
cient number Of deputies to constitute
quorum. 1a -
| A Long Snoozc.